determiner
See also: déterminer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
determiner (plural determiners)
- (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
- Definite articles and indefinite articles are types of determiners.
- (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
- Something (some input factor, a nonsentient agent) that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.
- In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
- 1901: Azel Ames, The Mayflower and Her Log
- The "steel-yards" and "measures" were the only determiners of weight and quantity — as the hour-glass and sun dial were of time — possessed at first (so far as appears) by the passengers of the Pilgrim ship […]
- Someone (a sentient agent) who determines; a decider of a disposition.
- He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]
- Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:determiner.
SynonymsEdit
- (word class): determinative
- (grammatical function): determinative
- (sentient agent): arbiter, arbitrator, decider, decisor, decisionmaker, disposer
HypernymsEdit
- (word class): function word
HyponymsEdit
- (word class): article (a/an, the), demonstrative determiner (this, those), possessive determiner, cardinal number (three, 50), quantifier (most, any, much, each)
Derived termsEdit
- (in grammar): determiner phrase, predeterminer, postdeterminer, null determiner
TranslationsEdit
class of words
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dependent function in a noun phrase
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something that determines
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- determiner at OneLook Dictionary Search
- determiner in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language Huddleston & Pullum, 2002. CUP.
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
determiner
- to determine
ConjugationEdit
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of determiner (first conjugation)
| infinitive | determiner, determiné | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avea | gerund | determinan | |||
| past participle | determiné | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
| present | determine, determineie | determines, determineies | determina, determineia, determinea | determinon | determineis | determina, determineia |
| imperfect | determinove | determinoves | determinova | determinovan | determinovais | determinova |
| future | determinaré | determinaras | determinarà | determinaron | determinareis | determinarà |
| subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
| present | determine, determineie | determines, determineies | determine, determineie | determinon | determineis | determine |
| imperfect | determinasse | determinasses | determinassa | determinassan | determinassais | determinassa |
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
| — | determina, determineia | — | determinon | determinede | — | |
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
dēterminer